The following day I woke up with my strength back.

I go through my daily routine and get ready to go out, but first, I want to go around the item stores to see what items they have for sale.

While I could search for them using the "αβΩ SYSTEM". They don't always have what I'm looking for. Take the case of the incubator. It's an item not available in the "αβΩ SYSTEM" but available in the capital city. As an example, there may be rare, exclusive or powerful items that are only available elsewhere.

With that in mind, I start walking toward the western area, searching for new items.

When I finally reach the item stores, I see a wide variety of stores. Some are consumable items such as potions, pills, talismans and what appears to be stone with strange engravings. In contrast, others sell guns, including Swiss Army Knife. You can also see people trying to attract more customers to their businesses.

Come, bring your healing items for the battle. Stun guns! Stun the monsters and get the coup de grace. Blinding grenades! Perfect for escaping from dangerous situations.

The only thing that catches my attention is the blinding grenades because I could throw them farther with the wooden slingshot, but that depends on how long it takes to explore. If they take 3 seconds to explode, I would not have time to use the slingshot.

I find a store called "Mr Bomberman", curious I enter the store to see. I find several glass shelves with what appear to be replicas of grenades of different sizes and shapes. There is also a brief description of what they do and how they are activated.

There are grenades with a timer disc on top, there are also grenades with the size of a smartphone and even square shapes, but one that catches my eye is a grenade called "Sponge Bomb", which releases a water explosion with a radius of 2 meters, something I could use to hunt several mud golems because I would only have to lure them in, use a focused slash and once his torso falls to the ground throw the grenade to clean the mud from his chest, the curious thing about this grenade is that it has the shape of a particular square yellow sponge that is well known on earth.

But that doesn't matter as long as it fulfils its function. I ring the bell on the desk and wait for the salesman to arrive.

A few seconds later, a fat 5'6" tall man appears wearing a blast suit while holding a small pair of tweezers.

How can I help you? Good morning, I am interested in the sponge bomb. What can you tell me about it? ... are you sure? Yes, why? What's wrong with it. Its power is not very strong unless the opponent is within a radius of 1 meter. When it goes beyond this, its intensity decreases as the water expands. It is more used to distract the monsters. How does it work? When you throw it at a target, it shouts a strange phrase, which causes the monsters that hear it to be distracted for a few seconds, and after that, it explodes. Are you serious? Yeah, I don't know why that happens. When I created it, I only thought of it being used to put out kitchens or sudden fires. I never thought the "αβΩ SYSTEM" would modify it like that. Do you still want it? Sure, give me about 5. Right away, do you want any other grenades? Do you have blinding grenades with a timer? I think I have 3 of those left. Do you want them? Yes, how much would be the total. That would be five gold coins with 50 silver. There you go. Okay, wait a minute.

The gentleman returns to the back to bring the grenades I ask for. After 2 minutes, he arrives with the grenades, which I check.

[Sponge bomb]

[Description: A bomb that releases a water explosion with a radius of 2 meters, it has the shape of a square yellow sponge, it lives in a pineapple under the sea, its body absorbs and without exploding, but this time it explodes].

[Blinding grenade]

[Description: A grenade with a timer disc that releases an explosion of light with a radius of 4 meters, did you know that if you are blind, you become immune to this grenade?

As always, the descriptions of these objects are on another level...

In any case, I take the grenades and leave the tent towards the hunting area to explore the mountain cave.

On my way out, I met the guard from yesterday. Still, he doesn't ask me anything relevant, to be careful, so I start walking southeast towards the mountain of vultures and golems.

After 20 minutes, I managed to find the mountain. By the way, I managed to hunt a couple of lizards and collect a couple of extra herbs, which I already gave to Kawaii, because I noticed how it had grown a little, which could be an indication that it is evolving, now when it will be I have no idea, so I have to wait.

While I climb the mountain, I can see some golems nearby, so I decide to hunt them to get their cores and sell them along with the bodies of the monsters, I also want to take advantage of this to test the sponge bomb, so I start to group all the golems nearby and hunt several at once.

...

After several minutes, I finally get about 30 golems chasing me. Because they are very slow, it wasn't easy to achieve it. For my good luck, I didn't lose their aggro because it's enough that they detect you for them to attack you.

Once I'm in a big enough area, I stop and wait for them to come toward me. Seeing them approaching is a bit strange, as it feels like giant zombies are approaching, only they are golems that want to squash you like a fly.

I place myself in a suitable position and wait until they are two meters away, which doesn't take long because only 43 seconds later, they are already here.

Focused slash!

I release the laido at full power, and the golems are cut in half and fall to the ground; then, I move 3 meters away from them and throw the sponge bomb.

And while it's in the air, the bomb starts screaming.

¡For the Krusty Krab! ..... WHAT THE FUCK!?

Is this what he meant when he said he speaks a strange phrase!!! What the fuck was the "SYSTEM αβΩ" thinking when I implemented this for him?

As these thoughts were going through my mind, the bomb exploded and released a wave of water that hit the golem full-on, causing the sludge on its body to go away, thus exposing its cores.

Seeing this, I stopped thinking about the phrase of that strange bomb and ran to grab the golem cores.

[You have obtained golem core x26].

This is great! I just had to lure the golems and was able to get their cores without spending a lot of time digging in their bodies. The bad thing is that they are very slow, so it takes a long time to gather them; otherwise, it's a very fast way to get a lot of profit.

Now that I have tried the sponge bomb, I have no reason to keep hunting the golems, so I go up the mountain to see the cave.

After 10 minutes, I reach the cave entrance and start to check it carefully, but apart from a few herbs, nothing else is strange. Maybe it is a cave used as a temporary shelter for adventurers when they can't return to the city.

In any case, I get out of the cave and stand on the mountain's edge towards the mountain that is closest to the lake.

Possession!

I use possession of my butcher sword and glide in the air. While in the air, I take the opportunity to observe the monsters that are around, encountering other monsters like the acid beetle and the hypnotic butterfly in the woods. At the same time, I see a singing frog and a brutish bull in the lake, but no trace of the crystal fox.

Perhaps it only appears at night as foxes are nocturnal, in which case, if I want to seal one of them, I'll have to stay up until dark.

Well, it looks like I won't be sleeping very well today.

After thinking about it, I see that there is still a long way to reach the other mountain, so I look for a place to descend and start exploring.

I find an open space, so I descend and flap my wings with all my might to slow my fall. Once I'm down, I check my surroundings to see if any monsters are attacking me.

After 10 seconds, I saw nothing, so I started walking to the lake where the singing frog and the brute bull were. Both are D+ rank monsters and are the monsters closest to the crystal fox level so they will be beneficial to practice. I also want to fight the hypnotic butterfly because one of its defensive abilities, called "Camouflage", allows it to blend in with the surrounding environment and attack with its "mental ray" ability.

If I want to defeat the crystal fox, which has illusion abilities, fighting this butterfly would be good practice.

I could also seal the butterfly and use it during combat. Still, this butterfly has a fatal weakness: its body is fragile. If I used possession with it, I would get its low defence, if I had to choose an insect to seal it, it would be an ant, wasp or spider as both are good hunters, I would also decide the beetle and that I am not a fan of that kind of insects.

As my mind wandered with the subject of insects, without realizing it, I had already arrived at the lake.

The water is of this lake is so clean that you can see the frogs swimming, the most amazing thing and that there is no algae or dirt in it, which is not logical without taking into account that this lake is not connected to a river, so there are only three answers:

The lake is connected to a subway river, and two holes maintain the constant flow of water. The frogs and fish that inhabit this area keep the lake clean. The people of the town of Fanfer clean this lake once every two weeks.

The second one is most likely because I can't find the hole where the water passes through, and if there is one, it must be well hidden.

As soon as I finish thinking about it, I hear the rustling of branches and bushes behind me, so I quickly turn around to see a brute bull approaching. Its appearance is almost identical to that of the bulls. Its body muscles are bulkier, and the horns on its head are those of a mountain goat with a red hue.

It stares at me for a few seconds and then begins to scrape its hooves in the dirt when it appears before me.

Holy crap! Hold on tight, Kawaii. Ki! ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

No sooner do I say that than the brute bull is already halfway to impacting me with its horns, but I no longer have time to dodge it.

Screech!

I use screech to stun the bull to move away from it then. After two seconds, the monster starts looking around for me, so I quickly pull out a basic MP potion LV 2 to recover the mana I lost and change my sword "butcher" to "scale".

This bull is an earth element, so the water element of my sword is very effective against this kind of monster.

The brute bull is still looking around for me, so I wait for it behind a tree to ambush it. Its muscles can likely withstand the attacks of my sword, so I will aim for the knees or neck, any place I see as a weak point.

When the brute bull is only 2 meters away from me, I step out from behind the tree and attack his knees with all my might.

It feels like hitting a rock, but fortunately, I manage to cut his knees.

Hoouuu!!!!

The bull screams in pain from the cut on his knee, but that doesn't stop me, so I quickly aim at his hind legs to prevent him from moving.

I see how in the middle of his horns begins to condense a ball of fire, and the heat starts to rise, so I quickly move away to seek refuge from his attack.

Hooouuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!

The brute bull throws his fireball, which is about to hit me, so I have no choice but to put myself in a defensive position. I place my left side forward and place my sword sideways to firmly grip the hilt of my sword with my right hand. In contrast, my left hand is placed on the edge without the edge of my sword to withstand the impact of the fireball. This I do so that Kawaii does not receive any damage.

The fireball hits my sword and deflects part of its power to the left side of my body. My left hand suffers severe burns causing me intense burning and pain, while my right hand is only a little hot, but no burns.

[-270 HP]

[You are under the effect of Burn grade 2]

[Burn grade 2]

[You lose 15 HP every 10 seconds for 2 minutes, if you suffer an extra attack, there's a 40% chance of becoming burn grade 3]

I take out a basic HP potion LV 2 and anaesthetic to heal myself and ease some of the pain in my left hand, but more importantly...

KAWAII!!! are you alright!!!! Kiii!!! (ಡ_ಡ). I'm fine. The important thing is that nothing happened to you.

Now that I know Kawaii is okay, it's time to fight back. Since that bull on steroids just threw that fireball, it has to wait a while to launch that magic attack again, so I take advantage of that time-lapse to go towards it and attack it.

Focused slash!

The laido flies from my sword towards his neck, which makes his head fall to the ground and gives me a notification to confirm that he's dead.

[You have hunted Brute Bull]

Once dead, I pick up his corpse and approach the lake to soothe the burn on my left hand; a bit in passing, I wait until I can use the "αβΩ SYSTEM" as I'm still in battle mode.

About 30 seconds later, I can finally open the "SYSTEM αβΩ".

"SYSTEM αβΩ" searches for burn grade 2.

"SYSTEM αβΩ" starts searching and throws me a couple of results, from weapons with that characteristic to accessories. Still, I only choose the cream jar that costs 50 silver coins.

[Vial of anti-burn cream grade 2]

[Description: A small jar containing cream to treat burns grade 2 and below (3/3), for each wound spends one use of this if you want to have tanned skin, better try other less painful methods]

With no time to lose, I take out the jar and apply it to my left hand.

[You have used a bottle of anti-burn cream grade 2 (2/3)]

[You are no longer under the effect of burn grade 2].

Now that I am healed, I take another HP and MP potion and return to the hunt.